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Mary wants to mix sparkling soda and fruit punch to make a beverage. The recipe says, “Mix 1 cup of sparkling soda with 2 quarts of fruit punch to make a beverage.” The ratio of sparkling soda to fruit punch is 1:8.

Mary should mix _____ fluid ounce(s) of sparkling soda with 72 fluid ounces of fruit punch to make her beverage.

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Answer:

9 fluid ounces of sparkling soda.

Explanation:

The ratio is 1 to 8 so:

72 / 8 = 9

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